Africa's first grid-connected biogas plant powers up at Kenyan farm
The Gorge Farm Energy Park in Naivasha produces 2 megawatts (MW) of electricity — more than enough to cultivate its 706 hectares (1,740 acres) of vegetables and flowers, and with sufficient surplus to meet the power needs of 5,000-6,000 rural homes.
The new plant generates electricity as well as heat for the farm's greenhouses, with fertilizer as a by-product.
Gorge Farm, approximately 76km (50 miles) northwest of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is owned by the Vegpro Group, one of the leading East African exporters of fresh vegetables and its second largest exporter of roses.
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